U.S. Proton Centers

More and more research institutes and hospitals are investing in proton therapy to make the technology more accessible to patients. Research and Markets Company reports that the U.S. will become home to 29 proton treatment centers by 2018 (roughly double the current figure). They also predict the proton market will attain revenues approaching $1.2 billion. The report calls proton therapy “the most advanced radiation technique available … the Rolls Royce of radiation oncology.”